Verizon Wireless Customers Can Get The Latest Applications, Ringtones, Music And More On Their BlackBerry Tour Smartphones

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Whether updating their Facebook® status, chatting with friends over IM or listening to their favorite music, Verizon Wireless customers can use their new BlackBerry® Tour™ smartphones to get the best wireless experience to suit their personal or work lives.

The BlackBerry Tour from Verizon Wireless offers customers the latest in popular applications and services:

Connect

•Facebook® for BlackBerry® – View up-to-date status messages, photo uploads, comments, wall posts and more.
•MySpace® for BlackBerry® – Send and receive MySpace mail, update moods and status, post photos and more.
•Flickr™ Photo Uploader for BlackBerry® – Snap and share photos on the go, geotag photos so friends and family can see where they were taken.
•Instant Messaging (IM) capabilities – Chat with friends, family and co-workers using IM services including Google Talk™, Yahoo!® Messenger, AOL® Instant Messenger™ or ICQ® applications.
•E-mail – Send and receive e-mails quickly and reliably over Verizon Wireless’ network. The BlackBerry Tour also supports enhanced Web mail for AOL® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™ or Yahoo!® Mail.
•Mobile Broadband Connect capabilities – use the BlackBerry Tour as a modem to connect to Verizon Wireless’ high-speed network with a qualifying Nationwide plan.
Groove

•Ringtones and ringback tones – Select from thousands of ringtones and ringback tones to personalize your BlackBerry Tour.
•V CAST Music with Rhapsody – Choose from millions of songs to download over the air; get the master copy of the songs on your PCs; and sync favorite tracks, albums and playlists from your PC to your BlackBerry Tour.
•V CAST Song ID – Hear a song, hold the BlackBerry Tour toward the music so it can identify the music and purchase a full-track song, ringtone or ringback tone on the spot, over the air.
Manage

•VZ Navigator(SM) capabilities – Get there with audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest, plus share the directions with others.
•Visual Voice Mail – Scroll through voice mail messages and respond to relevant messages first.
For additional information and pricing for Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com. Business customers can contact their Business Sales Representatives at 1-800-VZW-4BIZ.